Finally a good BBD from 21st

Rogue · Post by **Rogue** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:52 pm

Its gonna be sweet!

Hock the flat wing BBD's while you can.

Oh, check Area 21.
and still no word on the 1 for 4 deal.

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:02 pm

I see rake in the landing gear!

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:04 pm

Wow, looks pretty nice! The gear has the forward "rake" I was hoping for, too. I hope it doesn't bow out like that on the finished product, though. A definate purchase, especially with it being BBD!!

-Ski

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:45 pm

I realize many of you are aircraft experts so maybe you can help me see why this 21st century mustang is better than BBi's? Or is it? Maybe because these pics are just of a prototype, but it doesnt look anywhere near as detailed as BBi's, IMHO.

Dont get me wrong, I love 21st Century, hec, I own almost everything they've released in 1:18, including the repaints.

Rogue · Post by **Rogue** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:02 pm

I don't think anyone compared the 21st to BBI. (yet)
I just know that this BBD is gonna be a hell of a lot better than the last.

While BBD is one of my favorite 51's, I never bought one of the Flat 1st gen's.
Ill for sure have this one in the pub.

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:20 pm

Personally I'm kind of burned out on P-51's and to a greater extent ME-109s. I'll probably buy this one just because its a better BBD then the one I have already. I really wish someone would have made a B model. I could have gotten excited about that. Hopefully this will finally satisfy the market and we can get new stuff going. But still there are a lot of variants of the Spitfire, Warhawk, and Fw-190s to do...sigh.

Quixote511 · Post by **Quixote511** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:28 pm

The tailwheel still looks a bit lunky--but it is a vast improvement over their initial offering. I fall into the yeah the D is nice category but I have had enough and would really like to see a B.
Aaron

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:53 pm

i'll be getting a couple of these new ones for sure....but i still like my Lou IV.

fredricchio · Post by **fredricchio** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:33 pm

Wow, the BBD is the only one of the original Mustangs I don't own. Well, no need to keep watching it on ebay now

Its weird but this is the second time something like this has happened, Pappy's Corsair was one of the two that I didn't have when the Aviation Legends version was announced, and now this.

Post by **p51** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:05 pm

I can tell you, having held and seen the new Mustang in preson... it's pretty impressive. It just has that Mustang look wehn you look at it, something the BBi one didn't really do for me.

supersonicfifi · Post by **supersonicfifi** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:37 am

my "Killer" P 51 was my first 1:18 purchase and i am still amazed by it ! i can't wait to see more of the new 21st BBD but on the pictures several problems are clearly visble : landing gear too canted; toyish looking exaust nozzles and wings ... hope theses problems are just on the prototype ! due to size i was decided to have only one model of each airplane (picking the best one ...) but now i am hesitating after buying a 21st cobra helicopter and PPK spitfire... can't wait to have some "experts" comparing both ...

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